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University at Buffalo Department of English Associate Professor Jeehyun Lim will lead a lively online discussion of Chang-rae Lee’s on Tuesday, November 9, 7:00–8:30 PM. A week later on Nov. 18 Just Buffalo Literary Center will present a #BABEL lecture by bestselling author Chang-rae Lee. Visit https://www.justbuffalo.org/.../babel-reading-group-chang... to learn more.

Associate Professor of English Patricia Akhimie (Rutgers University-Newark) will present "The Goodness of the Night: Editing " on Friday, November 5 at 1 pm. Through a close look at versions of and emendations to Othello, this talk explores the role of textual editing in the production and perpetuation of racial stereotypes. Visit https://buffalo.zoom.us/j/92609871138... to join.

Congratulations to #UBuffalo English PhD student Sharmeen Mehri, who has been awarded an Archival Creators Fellowship from the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)! Her research project will seek to examine and preserve the migration experiences of #zoroastrian South Asians to the United States. To learn more about Sharmeen's project and those of her cohort, visit https://www.saada.org/acfp2021

Academic friends if you know of any undergraduates who want to participate in a program that engages them to write stories in comic book format about complex socio-scientific problems (COVID-19) please encourage them to sign up.

Happening Thursday at noon! The GI is partnering with the UB's Office of Inclusive Excellence to welcome Mónica Ramírez as part of the "Let's Talk About Race" Series.

Please make plans to attend the first Social Justice Praxis Works-in-Progress talk of this academic year, Monday, Oct. 11, at 4:30 pm. Associate Professor Emerita of English and Global Gender and Sexuality Studies Barbara Bono will discuss the important work of Peace of the City’s Theater for All with students from Buffalo public schools. RSVP for Zoom info: dbasford@buffalo.edu

Congratulations to #UBuffalo English PhD candidate Luke Heister, whose award-winning article, “An Ambivalent Nemesis: Philip Roth, Commentary, and the American Jewish Intellectual,” appears in the latest issue of Philip Roth Studies ! https://muse.jhu.edu/article/807718

The UB English Club invites you to join us in conversation with novelist and University at Buffalo English major Quinton D. Knight.